Red-light cameras have been adopted by cities across California to monitor traffic at busy intersections and raise revenue for municipal coffers. The state has the highest red-light violation fine in the country — a whopping $490.

Several cities in Alameda, San Francisco and San Mateo counties have red-light cameras at busy intersections. However, a mini rebellion has kicked up in the last year or so and some cities have begun dumping the program. Among them are Redwood City, Hayward and Belmont, which scrapped their red-light cameras last year, and San Rafael and Oakland also recently terminated contracts with red-light camera company Redflex. While Redflex is the leading company hired by California cities to catch red-light runners, the company Xerox has cameras at about 26 intersections in San Francisco, and American Traffic Solutions has cameras in Millbrae and South San Francisco. Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties do not use red light cameras.

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